City Of Light 社區中心 by Kris Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 金獎 in 建築、樓宇及結構設計 Competition Category.

金建築· 2020

City Of Light 社區中心

by Kris Lin

Client: Excellence Group

A' Design Award 金獎 Winner in 建築 Category

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The Design

About City Of Light 社區中心

「光之城」係一座位於中國上海舊城區嘅社區中心。建築物內設有健身室、瑜伽課室、兒童主題館、咖啡廳、藝術畫廊、長者健康中心同兒童學習區。建築形態順應基地前面河流嘅韻律，所以立面設計成好似流水咁彎曲連綿。鋁板呢種經濟實惠又常見嘅材料，透過三維建模技術塑造成雙曲面。前面嘅開放式廣場邀請居民喺度相聚交流。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 金獎

City Of Light 社區中心是 A' Design Award 金獎得主，這是授予一流、絕妙而傑出設計的極為崇高的認可。金獎得主是極具創新、極富遠見且璀璨奪目的創作，反映出其設計師的天才、智慧與才幹。預計City Of Light 社區中心將成為一項備受讚譽、引領潮流、氣勢恢宏的發明，帶來前所未有的價值。這件贏得 A' Design Award 金獎的設計是一個壯觀而受人敬重的項目，極大地造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。City Of Light 社區中心激起強烈的渴望，喚起激情，鼓勵創造力，令我們著迷。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: As a public community project, this project is set up as a city station. It is a public open community building with gymnasium, yoga classroom, children s theme pavilion, cafe, art gallery, elderly health center, children s study area, etc. It is a community-oriented open space, but at the same time, we want to be the center and landmark of the surrounding community.So we hope to design a fluid building like water, and hope that the square in front will function as a very open community.
Dimensions & Packaging: area 17222sq.ft
Tags: Streamlined building, The beauty of the curve, Urban shared space, Communication, Lighting
Production Technology: In this project what we adopted is a relatively cost effective and conventional material aluminum plate as a material choice, but we are challenging to design a curved facade, so it is difficult to install aluminum plate on the streamlined lines.And at the same time it functions as a hyperboloid. We used 3D model design and finally made the shape of the building. We realized a hyperboloid effect with aluminum plates. Although it uses economical materials, it is still challenging.
Design Challenge: I hope that this project will bring new vitality in the surrounding old city. We have adopted a new architectural approach and hope it will become a landmark in the surrounding communities, using the creative and fluid architecture. We hope to drive the vitality of the city and create more space, increase more ties between people so that it will become a community center.
Research: In fact, this is a new building based on an old town project. The government wants to build a city station in the old city,hoping to allow more community people to participate, enter and increase the interaction between the neighborhoods. Rather than because of the construction and development of the city, people are becoming more and more estranged. I hope that everyone will have more exchanges.
Inspiration: A river is in front of this project. So we want to develop the design concept from the rhythm of the water itself with the usage of the liquid-like blob architecture. My inspiration comes from the undulating rhythm of the water.
Project Duration: The project started in Jan 2018 in Shanghai,China, and finished in JAN 2019 in Shanghai,China,and was exhibited in in Shanghai,China,Jan 2019.
Operation Flow: We hope to design an open public space and strive to build a center of the city to increase the interaction of the neighborhood instead of estrange people with the city architecture development. I hope everyone has more communities communication and people to people contact.So we hope to make a more open space for everyone to enter.
Patents: Copyrights belongs to KLID (Kris Lin International Design)
Team Members: Kris Lin
Jiayu Yang
Image Credits: Image #1,2,3,4,5: Photographer KLID 2019